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  After December 2018, the weakest month for equity markets in almost a decade, January closed off as one of the better months in recent years.

   Equities performed very weakly in December, resulting in a year which posted a loss overall. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, takes stock of the previous month and the year 2018 in terms of the equity, bond, currency and commodity markets.

   November was a rollercoaster month for the financial markets. Our expert, Alexandre Gauthy, examines the events of the month that had a direct impact on stock, bond, currency and commodity markets.

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  Besides ‘traditional’ topics such as the trade conflict and Brexit, the currency depreciation raging in a number of emerging markets and the Italian budget saga defined the fortunes of equity, fixed-income and currency markets.

After a turbulent start to the month - the trade dispute - the markets ended up in calmer waters. The equity markets were able to close July with clear profit in all regions.

The resurgence of the trade dispute, central banks, Italy, OPEC, etc. - numerous events affected the market in June. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, outlines the implications for the equity, bond and currency markets over the past month.  

  May was an eventful month. It was not only the Italian political crisis that affected the equity, bond and foreign exchange markets. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, outlines the main events of the past month.  

European equities performed very well in April, and are again in positive territory as from the start of this year. The American bond rate climbed to 3%. Our expert Johan Gallopyn looks at the main events of the past month for equity, bond and foreign exchange markets.

Spring is late in coming, in the equity markets too. Our expert Johan Gallopyn looks at the main events of the past month and the first quarter for equity, bond and foreign exchange markets.  

  Wishing to reinforce its Impact Investing offer, Degroof Petercam has decided to enter into a partnership with Quadia, a Swiss-based asset manager and a European leader in Impact Investing.

In January, interest rates and the dollar were the key players on financial markets, with equity markets closely monitoring the movements of both. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, outlines the main trends on the equity, bond and currency markets over the past month.